Pope Francis – Wake Up – The Album DevoSample

Do Whatever He Tells You

by Deacon Keith Fournier, Catholic Online

Pope Francis’ “Wake Up!”

Album Track #11: “FAZEI O QUE ELE VOS DISSER!”

Pope Francis said to the faithful, “Dear friends, we have come to knock at the door of Mary’s house. She has opened it for us, she has let us in and she shows us her Son. Now she asks us to “do whatever he tells you” (Jn. 2:5).” He prayed, “Yes, Mother, we are committed to doing whatever Jesus tells us! And we will do it with hope, trusting in God’s surprises and full of joy.”

The first miracle occurred at a wedding because marriage is a sign of Christ’s love for the Church which is His bride. (Rev. 19:7-9) (Eph. 5:32) It occurred at the request of His Mother, who is now our mother. “When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple there whom He loved, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home” (John 19:26-27).

The Catechism explains Mary is: "the mother of the members of Christ since she has by her charity joined in bringing about the birth of believers in the Church, who are members of its head.” (CCC #963). Gregory of Nyssa wrote, “What came about in bodily form in Mary, the fullness of the Godhead shining through Christ in the Blessed Virgin, takes place in a similar way in every soul that has been made pure.”

Let us join Pope Francis and ask Mary for help in listening, deciding and acting on God’s invitations to each of us:

“Mary, woman of listening, open our ears; grant us to know how to listen to the word of your Son Jesus among the thousands of words of this world; grant that we may listen to the reality in which we live, to every person we encounter, especially those who are poor, in need, in hardship.

“Mary, woman of decision, illuminate our mind and our heart, so that we may obey, unhesitating, the word of your Son Jesus; give us the courage to decide, not to let ourselves be dragged along, letting others direct our life.

“Mary, woman of action, obtain that our hands and feet move ‘with haste’ toward others, to bring them the charity and love of your Son Jesus, to bring the light of the Gospel to the world, as you did. Amen.”

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Deacon Keith Fournier is a Catholic Deacon of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A, Constitutional lawyer, speaker, teacher and published author. He holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Theology, a Juris Doctor Degree in Law and is completing his PhD in Moral Theology. He is the Editor in Chief of Catholic Online, one of the world’s largest integrated media platform’s dedicated to presenting the Catholic Christian worldview in this new missionary age. Visit Catholic Online at www.Catholic.org.

Companion devotional for Pope Francis’ album “Wake Up!” created by FrontGate Media. For more about the album, visit Pope Francis’ Wake Up!.